Date: 20th September, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 32°C or 90°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 72%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 6.3 mm. At GFL Charles: 1.7 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 38.0 mm. At GFL Charles: 35.9 mm.
Sunset today: 6:01 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, with occasional gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers, some of which may be locally heavy, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 6:23 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:18 pm… High at 7:30 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic will continue to cause periods of cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.
A third tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.